Helping The Heart With Gum Disease Treatment

Treatment for gum disease could also help the heart.  One of the first clinical trials to demonstrate that an intensive treatment for periodontitis (gum disease) directly improves the health of blood vessels.

This study, reported in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, may have relevance for the prevention of heart attacks and stroke.

Periodontitis is a common inflammatory disease of the gums, affecting up to 40 per cent of the world's adult population. It is a bacterial infection of the tissue that supports the teeth in the mouth. If untreated, it can cause progressive bone loss around the teeth, and eventual tooth loss.

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Vitamins and Good Sense

Vitamin studies always seem to stir controversy, but certainly not visions of death. On that score, last week's report on antioxidant vitamins, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, was a doozy. The researchers concluded that people taking the antioxidants vitamins A, its precursor beta carotene, and vitamin E, for whatever reason, at whatever dose, and for however long, may be putting their lives in jeopardy. But before you toss out your vitamin pills, let's examine this alarmist study a little bit closer.
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Creatine = More Energy

Creatine is one of the primary chemicals used during muscle contraction. It is also an important ingredient for memory and the brain's other functions.

During its movement through the body, creatine delivers nutrients and energy to the body's cells. And as it moves away, it carries waste in the form of hydrogen away from the working muscles and cells. This process improves cell respiration rates, which improves the body's ability to handle oxygen and carbon monoxide.

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